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Ont. announces massive solar energy project
The installation of one million solar panels on 346 hectares of land near Sarnia will make Ontario home to one of the largest solar farms in the world, Energy Minister Dwight Duncan announced Thursday.
"The McGuinty government is committed to building a cleaner, greener energy future for Ontarians," Duncan told reporters at a news conference held to announce the investment by OptiSolar Farms Canada, a division of California-based OptiSolar Inc.
Energy Probe's appearance on Focus Ontario
Liberal Government’s New Climate Change Initiatives
GUESTS:
Hon Laurel Broten, Environment Minister
Keith Stewart, WWF – Canada
Tom Adams, Energy Probe
HOST – SEAN MALLEN
Full transcript follows
T.O. to bake under heat, power suppliers worried
As Toronto residents brace for staggering heat, experts say striking a balance between power consumption and supply will be difficult in the coming week.
| Tom Adams, a spokesperson from Energy Probe, says Toronto is particularly vulnerable because there aren’t enough power lines to import energy from New York or other generators. |
Ontario could boost manufacturing by cutting hydro rates, reining in profits: NDP
Cutting industrial hydro rates by at least 15 per cent and reining in salaries and inefficiencies at Ontario’s power agencies would provide a badly needed boost to the province’s flagging manufacturing sector, New Democrat Leader Howard Hampton said Thursday.
The all-in cost of industrial electricity in Ontario would be no higher than $55 a megawatt hour – $10 less than the current rate – if he were elected premier in the Oct. 10 election, Hampton told a news conference in Hamilton – a city that has endured significant manufacturing job losses of late.
Reflections on the day we came unplugged
Years after the 2003 blackout, most people still are clueless as to what sparked the chaos.
The prevailing myth is that our gluttonous demand for power fried the system. The paranoid say it was due to a terrorist/government (take your pick) conspiracy gone awry. In the movie Déjà Vu terrorism fighter Denzel Washington links it to a secret government time machine.
Power authority chief stirs conflict-of-interest fears
Critics of the Liberal government are screaming foul that John Beck, the top executive at construction giant Aecon Group, has been elected chair of the Ontario Power Authority as the province embarks on a $40 billion upgrade to the electricity system that includes new nuclear plants.
Aecon is the largest publicly traded construction and infrastructure company in Canada, and a major player in Ontario’s energy sector.
Ontario's power crunch: What's the answer?
Every flick of a switch sends electrical currents flying through Ontario’s 29,000 kilometres of transmission lines, powering millions of homes, offices, lights and computers. Many days it can also spark quite the political debate.
Utility wants electricity users to get smart
If you could save six cents by running your dishwasher after midnight, would you do it?
How about saving another 30 cents by setting your clothes dryer to hum while you sleep?
Horizon Utilities – the company supplying power to 232,000 customers in St. Catharines and Hamilton – hopes you will.
So does the government of Ontario.
Ontario leaders play loose with the real cost of juice
John Tory does not speak in sentences, even paragraphs. The man who wants to be Ontario’s next premier speaks in chapters. Ask him about health costs, and prepare for a dissertation on why emergency rooms are stuffed with people who shouldn’t be in them. Ask about his scheme to fund religious schools, and Mr. Tory will take you on a tour of history, back to 1867 and the Fathers of Confederation.
Ontario Votes 2007 – Energy, the Environment and the Election
Energy Probe‘s Norm Rubin made a strong appearance as a guest on this episode of TVO’s The Agenda, which aired on October 1, and can be viewed in full at: www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=43.
The following points summarize Norm’s main arguments in regard to the energy policies of the various parties, in the lead-up to Ontario’s provincial elections (Norm appears a third of the way through the video):
Energy Probe 